General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,968 23.04%	6,959
Finance	2	No change0	£67,500	-6.23%	11,678 13.47%	4,546
Inclusion and Diversity	12	Up 11 places+11	£55,000	-	6,677 7.70%	1,582
Banking	17	Up 18 places+18	£90,000	+7.90%	5,857 6.76%	1,257
Analytical Skills	25	Down -16 places-16	£53,000	-3.63%	4,898 5.65%	2,519
Marketing	41	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-18.18%	3,871 4.47%	1,840
Public Sector	57	Up 38 places+38	£60,000	-	2,853 3.29%	1,178
Manufacturing	61	Down -43 places-43	£45,000	-10.00%	2,661 3.07%	1,046
Retail	62	Down -5 places-5	£52,500	-4.54%	2,642 3.05%	1,170
Law	76	Down -31 places-31	£60,000	+9.09%	2,207 2.55%	606
Legal	80	Down -7 places-7	£67,500	+17.39%	1,979 2.28%	873
Organisational Skills	95	Up 9 places+9	£38,000	-10.58%	1,652 1.91%	777
Telecoms	105	Up 13 places+13	£42,500	-6.59%	1,560 1.80%	562
Electronics	169	Down -43 places-43	£52,500	-10.75%	1,078 1.24%	436
Games	210	Down -22 places-22	£50,000	-9.09%	855 0.99%	348
Presentation Skills	217	Down -128 places-128	£60,000	+3.44%	820 0.95%	520
Influencing Skills	220	Up 3 places+3	£77,405	+23.84%	797 0.92%	358
Automotive	229	Up 99 places+99	£48,000	-11.11%	761 0.88%	373
Aerospace	237	Up 90 places+90	£55,000	+0.37%	715 0.82%	414
Advertising	266	Down -79 places-79	£45,000	-21.73%	605 0.70%	302
Pharmaceutical	282	Up 30 places+30	£58,750	+6.81%	575 0.66%	180
Multimedia	298	Up 275 places+275	£30,500	-12.23%	530 0.61%	437
Local Government	319	Down -22 places-22	£50,000	-	482 0.56%	208
Financial Institution	326	Down -147 places-147	£85,000	-0.93%	465 0.54%	157
Documentation Skills	338	Up 91 places+91	£55,000	+2.80%	444 0.51%	179
Back Office	340	Up 132 places+132	£57,500	-20.68%	441 0.51%	139
Billing	387	Up 103 places+103	£38,000	-33.03%	368 0.42%	241
Front Office	390	Down -241 places-241	£110,000	-2.22%	361 0.42%	126
French Language	401	Down -154 places-154	£45,000	-30.76%	340 0.39%	110
Military	402	Up 30 places+30	£50,000	-13.04%	339 0.39%	169
German Language	431	Down -186 places-186	£40,000	-45.76%	298 0.34%	150
Aviation	468	Up 37 places+37	£65,000	+13.04%	253 0.29%	141
Health Technology	511	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	-14.28%	205 0.24%	116
Tech for Good	512	Down -48 places-48	£70,000	+7.69%	204 0.24%	24
Publishing	537	Down -99 places-99	£60,000	-7.69%	178 0.21%	76
Investment Banking	549	Down -171 places-171	£95,000	-15.55%	166 0.19%	66
Police	574	Down -155 places-155	£55,000	+6.19%	140 0.16%	39
Spanish Language	594	Up 1 place+1	£40,000	-23.80%	120 0.14%	65
Agriculture	619	Down -36 places-36	£43,500	-15.12%	95 0.11%	40
Social Housing	620	Down -76 places-76	£50,000	-13.04%	94 0.11%	53
Aeronautics	632	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+29.85%	82 0.095%	15
Retail Banking	637	Down -119 places-119	£82,500	-1.28%	77 0.089%	24
Dutch Language	638	Down -39 places-39	£35,000	-3.44%	76 0.088%	36
Italian Language	639	Down -22 places-22	£46,250	-35.08%	75 0.087%	41
Brand Awareness	640	Down -56 places-56	£42,500	-	74 0.085%	37
Digital Healthcare	641	Down -13 places-13	£60,000	-7.69%	73 0.084%	15
General Ledger	644	Down -73 places-73	£82,500	+14.59%	70 0.081%	35
Digital Health	646	Down -26 places-26	£70,000	+27.27%	68 0.079%	38
Fire and Rescue	649	Down -39 places-39	£47,249	-8.81%	65 0.075%	30
Portuguese Language	651	Down -24 places-24	£52,000	+48.57%	63 0.073%	35